THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to one and all! We have had a lovely day. Our daughter and two of her children joined us for a wonderful turkey dinner. In deference to the diet that Sweetie and I are following, we made some adjustments to our traditional meal. We left off the stuffing, dressing, and gravy. We did, however, have turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, green peas, squash dressing (a vegetable dish) and Watergate salad. Pumpkin pie was dessert. It was a wonderful meal and I am happy to say that I did eat less food but I think I enjoyed it more.

After our meal we sent the guests home and everyone had a nap -- I think I slept 2 hours sitting upright in my most comfortable chair -- my usual nap is 15 or 20 minutes so I know I must have been tired. After our naps, Sweetie and I took a walk around the block -- we live on a long block and it is a little less than a mile around, but it felt good to be out together, just enjoying our day.

Nap time over our company came back and we played chicken foot until 9, pausing just long enough to eat a bite of supper.

We had several phone calls from kids and enjoyed visiting with our far-flung family. We talked to the youngest son who was at the DFW airport on his way to Tennessee; to our oldest son in California; to our oldest granddaughter who was in the mountains of New Mexico -- we put her on speaker phone and all got to chime in; to my Mom who was back at home after her time with my brother; and to a friend or two here in town. Isn't the telephone a marvelous invention. Before we had them people went for months, or even years, without hearing from family. Now we can carry our phones in our pockets and make contact no matter where we are. Wonderful!!

I hope all of you had a wonderful day -- even if you don't celebrate our Thanksgiving Day, I hope each and every one will pause and think about their blessings and say a word of thanks!